a rose for emily

             and Mr. Homer Barron are the two main characters described. Miss Emily was .
             described as a short, fat, aged and mysterious women during her later years. .
             Miss Emily had been through much and had seen many generations grow before .
             and around her. This brings to reason her strong Confederate beliefs. Homer .
             Barron; on the other hand was quite the opposite, "A Yankee-a big, dark, .
             ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face,"(191). Homer .
             described himself as man who couldn't be tied down. This had to be a terrible .
             opposition for Miss Emily. Towards the end of the story Emily seems to prove .
             him wrong. .
             The setting of this passage is highly essential because it defines .
             Miss Emily's grasp of ante-bellum ways. This story take place throughout the .
             Reconstruction Era from the late 1800's to the early 1900's in Jefferson, .
             Mississippi. Jefferson was just one of the many Southern towns which was .
             reformed by Northern reconstruction. The confederate quickly deteriorated .
             without free labor to aid their farms and plantations. Miss Emily refused to .
             allow modern change into her desolate life. For example she refused to let .
             the newer generation fasten metal numbers above her door and attach a mailbox .
             when Jefferson got free mail service. This reflects Miss Emily's unyielding .
             persona caused by her father's treatment when she was young. When Miss .
             Emily's death occurred the newer Jefferson generations were left without an .
             ante-bellum perspective. .
             "A Rose for Emily" is told through the eyes of the townspeople which .
             is an example of limited omniscient; a narrator inside the work telling the .
             story. Faulkner expressed a lot of the resident's opinions towards Emily and .
             her family's history. They mention old lady Wyatt, her great aunt who had .
             gone completely mad. These opinions seem to come from female members of the .
             town because they have a nosy approach. "At first we were glad Miss Emily .
             would have an interest, because the ladies all said, 'Of course a Grierson .